A sudden crisis with an unknown duration. Increased outdoor interaction with neighbors and friends. Personal and political discontentment spilling out into the public square. Sound familiar?

First impressions of Theater Camp, a musical mockumentary out in theaters July 14!

I used to think musicals were frivolous, unserious entertainment. Then one fateful summer, two diametrically different movies accidentally teamed up to convince me otherwise.

The multi-instrumentalist and composer of Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022), Where Hands Touch (2018), and Derek (2012) writes about her favorite movie musical soundtrack.

We watch a lot of movies, but we haven’t seen everything. This month we’re tackling our personal movie musical blindspots!

When you watch an Astaire and Rogers musical, you are getting a piece of the movie musical Rosetta Stone.

I was raised on classic cinema and musicals. But while I was always taught to appreciate the art, I was not taught to think critically about it.

Film critic Zoë Rose Bryant sweet-talks the 2001 Baz Luhrmann spectacle Moulin Rouge!

Despite a wild storyline and all-star lineup, Repo! has not one trace of sarcasm, self-consciousness, or so much as the smallest amount of external context.

If you’re a hopeless romantic like Seb and me, iron your suit and whistle along as we take a stroll through the sights, sounds, and bittersweet feels of this modern American masterpiece.

Ensemble in place, orchestra ready, spotlight on… it’s showtime for our Top 10 Musicals!